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Keep it from being too strong, but keep it from being weakened on the floor, and because they conducted debate in whats known as the committee of the whole, votes were not recorded by and large, and the only way to know how someone voted was to be there physically and watch, and except for reporters, no one could take notes on paper in the house gallery so the forces led by Clarence Mitchell and others devised a system of gallery watchers, the segregationists called them vultures, but they had t...

Awarding the congressional gold medal to dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his wife core letta scott king. This is a little less than an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate and the speaker of the United States house of representatives. Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives the honorable john boehner. Good afternoon and welcome to the United ...

Of our republican forbids it. The principles of our freedom forbid it. Morality forbids it. The law i will sign tonight forbids it. That law is the product of months of the most careful debate and discussion. It was proposed more than one year ago by our late and beloved president , john f. Kennedy. It received the bipartisan support of more than 2 3 of the members and the house and senate. An overwhelming majority of republicans as well as democrats voted for it. It has received the thoughtful ...

So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorat...

Today. >> errin i hear you. claire mccaskill makes a similar point. the numbers are incredibly daunting. nick gave us these numbers yesterday. georgia in 2020, 272,000 georgians didnt have the requisite id they would need to give the secretary of states office. theyd have to provide new vote information based on the new georgia law. more than half were african-american voters. joe biden won georgia by 11,779 votes. i mean can you really incentivize -- the laws are sweeping. the laws take hundred...

Hes put together for white house advice, and he cant leave bad enough alone there. one of them is from the pharmaceutical industry so he attacks him for his drug prices. again, its a man who just doesnt know how to leave bad enough alone. >> barrett, in the summer of 1964, well before you were born, three young men, james chainny, michael swerner, and another were killed in mississippi, charged with enrolling people who vote, americans to vote. in that summer of 1964 that act ignited an outrage ...

Searching for three civil rights workers who had gone missing in the backwoods of mississippi. michael swerner, james early chaney and andrew goodman were in the state as part of the historic freedom summer, a courageous effort to bring students into the deep south to fight jim crow. activists soon learned the men had been murdered by the kkk. a new documentary "freedom summer" on pbs record ares this stunning moment of grief and passion at chaneys memorial service. >> i want to talk about reall...